Major Incident Manager Contracts in England

Major Incident Manager
UK > England

The median Major Incident Manager daily rate in England is £439, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 530 661
Rank change year-on-year +48 +131 +93
Contract jobs requiring a Major Incident Manager 4 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.030% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.032% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 12
10th Percentile £411 £285 £361
25th Percentile £419 £320 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £463 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% +5.71% +5.42%
75th Percentile £459 £591 £583
90th Percentile £467 £694 £622
UK median daily rate £500 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +8.11% +2.78% +8.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Major Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Major Incident Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Major Incident Manager in England

Major Incident Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Major Incident Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Major Incident Manager in England

Major Incident Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Major Incident Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Major Incident Manager in England

Major Incident Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Major Incident Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +47 2 - -
London +38 1 £413 +7.84% 1
North of England +23 1 £465 - 1
North West +14 1 £465 - 1
Major Incident Manager
UK

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Major Incident Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Major Incident Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) Escalation Management
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) CICS

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CICS
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) DB2
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Escalation Management
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (25.00%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) BMC
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow